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AFP News AgencyRepublicans blamed Trump after their midterm losses, saying he focused on his political legacy rather than voters’ concerns and that his unpopular policies and campaign choices hurt the party’s candidates. With Democrats taking both chambers of Congress, Republicans began assessing the defeat and looking toward 2028.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz called Democrats’ sweeping victories across the country a “blue tsunami” and sharply criticized his party’s historic losses. In his home state of Texas, Republicans were ousted from nearly every major office.
The Republican Party’s generational collapse in this week’s midterm elections triggered widespread finger-pointing, mostly directed at the Oval Office. The fallout exposed deep party divisions and gave 2028 hopefuls an opening to sharpen their messages.
The Democrats’ sweeping midterm victory immediately unsettled the right over the Supreme Court’s future and revived Republican worries that Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas would stay on rather than retire.
Arkéa says attackers used the bank’s own account through a provider’s platform. A separate $108.8 million USDC trail has not been proven to connect to the bank.

Xinhua said Thursday that China's supreme prosecutorial office had filed bribery charges against Ma Xingrui, a former Politburo member.
British Columbia authorities say more than one grizzly may have taken part in an attack that relatives say killed a mother and daughter along the province’s central coast.

Authorities in British Columbia say more than one grizzly may have been involved in an attack that relatives say killed a mother and daughter along the province’s central coast.

The bodies of a mother and daughter were found in a trail area in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Conservation officers said evidence at the scene suggested an animal may have been involved and are trying to locate any bears involved.
Australia’s oldest department store, David Jones, collapsed on Thursday, ending nearly 200 years in business as shoppers in the digital era shifted to cheaper, more nimble online rivals.
Israeli attacks are continuing in Gaza, where a Palestinian was killed, while illegal settlers took over eight homes in the occupied West Bank.

Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has formally endorsed proposed changes to provincial riding boundaries. The opposition NDP says it believes the changes are “rigged” to help the UCP win the next election.
South Korea will send maritime patrol aircraft and an explosive ordnance disposal team near the Strait of Hormuz to help keep the waterway open, the defence ministry said Thursday. Seoul said the mission would protect commercial shipping and energy supplies, while ruling out intervention in the ongoing US-Iran war.

South Korea plans to extend the operating area of its anti-piracy Cheonghae unit toward waters nearer the Strait of Hormuz, the Defence Ministry said. The move follows pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for South Korea to support the war in Iran.
A sweeping midterm victory has boosted Democratic governors and senators, while making the path harder for Republican hopefuls linked to the Trump administration.
Haitian police found a burned vehicle used by four Salvadoran aviation technicians who were attacked by gangs and went missing, but the men remain unaccounted for. El Salvador deployed more than 2,000 troops and military equipment after their disappearance. President Nayib Bukele posted videos of Salvadoran soldiers patrolling Haiti, while Haiti’s prime minister said foreign forces are operating under Haitian authority.

Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large Marat Berdyev said a possible meeting of the Russian, US and Chinese leaders on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen could send a powerful positive signal. He said it would address urgent international challenges requiring collective responses from major powers, with details to be settled in preliminary consultations.
Pope Leo XIV welcomed Bob Dylan to the Apostolic Palace on Wednesday during the singer-songwriter’s Italian tour. The brief meeting included an exchange of gifts: Leo gave Dylan a rosary, and Dylan presented his autobiography. Leo had previously cited Dylan’s work in a book preface warning against nuclear rearmament.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, and legendary musician Bob Dylan have spoken together at the Vatican.
Legendary musician Bob Dylan had a private audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Bob Dylan visited Pope Leo XIV, who welcomed the legendary musician to the Vatican.
Bob Dylan met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. The Pope gave him a rosary, while Dylan, a Nobel laureate, presented his autobiography. Dylan is due to perform in Rome tomorrow.
Five Republicans who questioned or sought to block Joe Biden’s 2020 victory lost gubernatorial races in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Governors can have significant influence over election administration, giving the results possible implications for the 2028 presidential race.

Russia’s Ryazan refinery was reportedly targeted by drones overnight on Nov. 5. Videos circulating online appeared to show explosions and a large fire near the facility, but The Kyiv Independent could not verify the footage or confirm damage. Russian authorities had not confirmed a strike. The Rosneft-operated refinery can process around 17 million metric tons of crude annually.

Billionaire Leon Black has sued Rep. Robert Garcia, alleging that Garcia defamed him in comments about Jeffrey Epstein. Garcia is poised to become the next chair of the House Oversight Committee, which subpoenaed Black during its Epstein investigation.

Elon Musk gave at least $446m to Republican-aligned groups during the US midterms, backing candidates in several key Senate races. Democrats won all five races where his America PAC spent the most, including Texas, where James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton. The spending helped make several contests among the most expensive in US history, but yielded little political return for Musk.


The article mocks Musk for spending nearly $500 million on midterm elections without stopping Texas Democrat James Talarico from defeating Musk-backed Ken Paxton with 55 percent of the vote. It blames X for insulating Musk from ordinary voters and points to data-center opposition and the prospect of investigations by newly elected officials as political risks.

Tesla and SpaceX shares fell after Democrats swept to power in the US midterms. Elon Musk, founder of both companies, put more than $440 million into Republican candidates and causes, the election cycle’s largest campaign contribution. Yet candidates he favored lost races in Texas, where he has established roots.

Elon Musk’s $474 million election gamble faltered, while Democrats are threatening his Texas empire.
Democrats made significant gains in the US midterm elections. What could that mean for markets next?

The Democratic victory in Tuesday’s midterm election sent shockwaves across the United States and its capital. Leaders from both parties and major campaign donors responded to the results.

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, dealing a major setback to Donald Trump. The report examines possible implications for the conflict with Iran, Gulf states, the Russia-Ukraine war and US-China trade, as leaders and commentators weigh how the result could affect Washington’s policies.

The article sees the Republicans’ heavy midterm losses as a sharp voter rejection of Trump’s first two years in the White House. It identifies rising living costs, an unpopular war with Iran, strong Democratic candidates, Trump’s slipping approval and shifts among Hispanic and Black voters as key factors.
The midterm elections marked a major shift in U.S. politics, with voters rejecting Donald Trump’s leadership.

Republican strategist Bryan Lanza says the Democrats’ sweeping midterm victory delivered a warning to the party and that it must move beyond MAGA-style confrontation. He argues Trump should spend his final two years reversing damaging tariffs, addressing widespread discontent with immigration enforcement and navigating the deeply unpopular Iran war.
Beijing is extending its central bank-backed digital currency network to offshore institutions, including Hong Kong branches. Banks are also considering local e-CNY wallets for foreign firms to strengthen cross-border integration. A senior official at the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency research institute said 30 domestic banks currently operate e-CNY and work is under way to extend the capability offshore.

Advertising-partner content says several indicators point to Hong Kong’s growing prominence as an international financial centre. Altrata’s World Ultra Wealth Report 2026 estimated that Hong Kong had 18,290 ultra-high-net-worth individuals with personal assets above US$30 million at the end of last year.

Alaska is one of two states that have yet to determine who will serve as their next senator. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports from the state on why an official call may take longer there.

The ninth China International Import Expo will run in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10, bringing together 4,142 overseas exhibitors. Its exhibition area will exceed 440,000 square meters for the first time. Participants from 162 countries, regions and international organizations are expected, and more than 480 products are set to make a global, Asian or China debut at the expo, a record.
The European Commission held talks with representatives of the EU, Ukraine, Germany, France, Britain, the United States, NATO and the World Bank on Ukraine’s post-war economic development and reconstruction support. The Commission said the EU had provided 231.5 billion euros in overall support since the conflict escalated in 2022. Separate security-guarantee talks are scheduled at NATO headquarters.

President Isaac Herzog accepted the certified results of Israel’s parliamentary election and began consulting party leaders on whom to ask to form the next government. Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority, while the election commission said its investigation found no evidence of fraud that compromised the vote or changed its results.


Isaac Herzog has begun consulting political parties on whom to ask to form a coalition after last week’s election produced no clear winner. Neither major bloc won a parliamentary majority. Herzog warned that avoiding another election would require parties to accept that not all their promises could be kept.

President Isaac Herzog has begun formal consultations with parliamentary parties to determine who will first receive the mandate to form a government. Neither major bloc has a clear majority, leaving the path uncertain and another election plausible. The opposition appears unlikely to form a stable government without Arab parties, while some Israelis show a shift in views on Arab representation in the cabinet.
A motorcade honoured Pte. Aidan Goulding of North Vancouver, one of four soldiers killed when a fire overwhelmed a live-fire training exercise at CFB Wainwright on Oct. 17.
Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has begun giving evidence in his Sydney double-murder trial. He is accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to two murder counts and aggravated break and enter.


Beau Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer accused of killing Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has begun giving evidence in his Sydney trial. He alleged that he heard homophobic abuse while working for New South Wales police and has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges.
Wall Street strategists warn that divided government’s return could disrupt the bond market next year by setting up a bruising fight over the debt ceiling.
After sweeping wins on Tuesday, House and Senate Democrats will be able to shape the agenda for the next two years and use their committees to take on President Donald Trump in five key areas.
Alexander MacDonald, formerly NASA’s chief economist, was named president of the Canadian Space Agency late Wednesday evening.
China proposed deeper regional integration and new growth drivers, presenting greater trade openness and closer digital cooperation as ways to sustain Asia-Pacific development and counter economic fragmentation. At the 37th APEC ministerial meeting, Wang Yi and Wang Wentao urged members to advance a regional free trade area, lower trade and investment barriers, and coordinate on digital and AI-related rules.
A Calgary woman admitted stealing thousands of dollars from elderly victims. After rejecting her request to withdraw her guilty plea, a judge sentenced her to 12 months in jail and one year of probation.
AFP News AgencyCNN’s Stephen Collinson writes that hours after a devastating White House defeat, Vice President Vance made a remarkable move by posting on social media with several not-so-subtle criticisms of his boss’s presidency and second-term strategy.
In Tuesday’s US midterm elections, voters approved nearly every data-center moratorium on ballots across at least 40 jurisdictions in 10 states. At least 14 Ohio municipalities adopted bans or restrictions, while eight in Maine approved temporary moratoriums. Newly elected governors in Texas, Georgia and Ohio have also pledged limits on large data-center construction.

The 2026 Global Mayors Dialogue is taking place from November 2 to 5 in Ningbo, in east China's Zhejiang Province. The feature invites readers to discover the city's appeal.
Apple is said to be significantly reducing how much it spends on AI for its engineering teams.

Apple is trimming employee budgets for AI use as part of a cost-cutting effort, even as it seeks to make artificial intelligence central to its operations.
DDHQ projects that progressive Nithya Raman has won the Los Angeles mayoral race.
Election setbacks are putting pressure on Israel’s foreign alliances.

The Democrats’ midterm sweep is unsettling politically exposed digital-asset investments, including cryptocurrencies linked to Donald Trump and major Texas data-center projects that support valuations of companies once known as Bitcoin miners.
Parts of Ontario and Quebec have seen record-setting temperatures this week, and people have been making the most of the warm weather.
The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reports that disagreements over Iran policy have deepened in the US administration since the midterm elections. Some officials are pressing Donald Trump to strike Iran again and then seek peace, while others favor halting and reducing the military operation. Trump said he could end the war whenever he wants, but it must be done right, and acknowledged the war and rising fuel prices largely contributed to Republican losses.
Zelenskyy said greater US aid could have an effect on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Malachi Toney, a star receiver for top-ranked Miami and a Heisman Trophy contender, is scheduled for surgery for a high ankle sprain and is expected to miss multiple weeks, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday night.
Opposition to data centers crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms, and a broader clash over the facilities may be coming next.

Mosquitoes once associated with tropical regions are now established in several European countries and spreading north. Health authorities are working to prevent diseases they transmit, including dengue, chikungunya and Zika, from following them; citizens also have an important part to play.
US prosecutors have dropped every criminal charge against a Russian scientist who was sent to an immigration detention facility last year after arriving at Boston airport with frog embryos for cancer research at Harvard Medical School.
One of NASA’s leading space telescopes has plunged to Earth, ending a 22-year investigation into the universe’s biggest explosions.
NASA said its Swift satellite telescope left orbit as expected on Wednesday and burned up in Earth's atmosphere over Indonesia. It spent more than two decades studying the most powerful known energy blasts in the cosmos.
One of NASA’s leading space telescopes fell back to Earth on Wednesday, concluding 22 years of studying gamma-ray bursts and exploding stars.
Most Hong Kong asset managers expect wider access to mainland China’s two Nasdaq-style stock markets to bolster the city’s private wealth business, an industry survey found. Hard-tech companies continue to draw investors despite a recent pullback.

David Jones, which has operated for 188 years, has entered receivership. Its 38 physical stores and online site will continue operating while receivers review the business.

Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said the US conflict with Iran had seriously affected domestic developments as he commented on the midterm elections. He called it the current administration’s choice and described the aggression against Iran as unjustifiable. Trump had acknowledged that the war largely contributed to Republican losses.
Police said Hubert Aiwanger, 55, Bavaria’s deputy state leader, was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday. Police and prosecutors opened an investigation to establish the cause and circumstances of his death and rule out possible third-party involvement. The cause was not immediately clear.

The head of Bavaria’s state government said the state’s deputy premier and leader of the small conservative Free Voters party, Hubert Aiwanger, died suddenly on Wednesday.
Hubert Aiwanger, leader of Germany’s Free Voters party and Bavaria’s economy minister, most likely died because of health problems, Der Tagesspiegel reported, citing sources. They said there were no indications of a violent death. Party sources said Aiwanger had canceled a scheduled interview after feeling unwell and could not later be reached. Bild had earlier reported that he was found dead at a Berlin hotel.

The leader of Germany’s Free Voters party was found dead in a Berlin hotel. Aiwanger had led the party in Bavaria since 2006 and its federal organization since 2010.

German media report that Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria’s deputy premier and economy minister and chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party, was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday. He was 55; the circumstances of his death remain unclear.
China’s action plan seeks to conserve resources, improve efficiency and speed the green transition. By 2030, it targets reductions from 2025 levels of about 10% in energy use per unit of GDP, 10% in water use per unit of GDP and 15% in construction land use per unit of GDP. It also aims for 510 million tonnes of annual recycling of major recyclable resources.

A student-run auto shop has opened to the public, giving high school students hands-on experience with oil changes, tire rotations and multi-point inspections.

Arm Holdings Plc forecast revenue for the current period in line with analysts’ estimates, suggesting its expansion into data center computing is helping counter a downturn in the smartphone market.
Yulia Zhdanova, head of Russia’s delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said an increasing number of Western leaders recognize that Vladimir Zelensky is hindering a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. She said prolonging the conflict is the only way for Zelensky and his regime to stay in power and ensure their security.
European left-wing figures said the Communist Party of China’s commitment to self-reform, discipline and putting people first offers lessons for parties in Europe. Denmark Communist Party international secretary Kaivon Kjems and Swiss Communist Youth general secretary Adam Barbato Shoufani shared their views at the 16th World Socialism Forum in Beijing, which gathered more than 80 participants from 40 countries.

Pete Hegseth is increasingly seen as a possible fall guy for Republican midterm losses, even as Donald Trump publicly defends him. Trump and voters have cited the Iran war as a key factor in the defeat. JD Vance questioned whether the war was worth it, while Thomas Massie filed eight impeachment accusations and plans to seek a House vote.

Trump may have set the conflict in motion, damaging the GOP's standing with voters. In the wake of the party's historic midterm setback, pressure is building for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to shoulder responsibility.

Trump rejected the prospect of replacing Hegseth as Republicans contend with the political fallout from the eight-month war with Iran.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has opened a $2.5 billion fuel storage facility in Walvis Bay, Namibia, intended to safeguard Southern Africa’s fuel supply. It is his latest petro-venture on the continent.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote launched a $2.5 billion fuel storage and regional pipeline project in Walvis Bay, Namibia, on Wednesday. The project could reshape fuel supply infrastructure across Southern Africa.
Democrats flipped a Senate seat and recaptured Ohio’s governor’s mansion. Voters say the results warn Republicans against treating the state as a sure thing.

CBC News found a database stolen from the Burnaby School District on a dark web site operated by a prominent, shadowy ransomware group believed to be based in Russia.
Laura Sides faced the dilemma of whether to find out if she would inherit her father's condition.

The trial was cancelled after being condemned as “unethical” and “neocolonial” because half of the babies would not receive the vaccine.

Israel has long counted on firm bipartisan US backing for its actions, including diplomatic cover internationally and hundreds of billions of dollars in aid. Sweeping Democratic victories on Tuesday have put that support in doubt.
The committee hearing concerning Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has been moved to Dec. 14. Trump first sought to fire Cook in August 2025, but the Supreme Court blocked him from doing so in June, for now.

Black candidates from both parties made historic gains in 2026. Six governors are set to serve across US states, alongside new milestones in Congress.

An unpopular president, a charismatic Democratic candidate and an incumbent who has lagged other Republicans in recent elections have made a Mississippi US Senate contest one of the tightest races of the midterms.
Konstantin Kosachev, deputy speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, said the United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to gain control of the oil-rich country, which he said has the world’s largest oil reserves.
Democrats won control of both chambers in the midterm elections, campaigning on lower living costs, ending the Iran war, holding Trump accountable and resisting his immigration crackdown. Their majorities begin in January, and legislation faces Senate filibusters and Trump’s veto. Democrats can use committee investigations and confirmation powers to apply pressure, and may seek to restore health insurance subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts; rolling back tariffs could prove harder.


Democratic victories in the midterm elections could affect health care, including what people pay for health insurance and prescription drugs and what coverage is available.
X is rolling out a rewritten web app to signed-in users country by country. Engineer Yagiz Nizipli says a profile’s first post now appears in 2.7 seconds on a slow connection, compared with more than 22 seconds before. The new version is also in use for logged-out pages and pages crawled by search engines.

Kiros was elected to Congress as one of its youngest members. A prominent critic of what Kiros calls Israel’s genocide in besieged Gaza, Kiros has urged an arms embargo on Israel and an end to US military support.

NextDC shares rose more than 40% on Thursday morning after Goodman Group and Digital Realty sought to acquire stakes of up to 9.9%.

The 2026 US midterms brought a wave of historic firsts for women, Black, Muslim, gay and Native American politicians.

Bitquery’s weekend pre-futures test found no clear directional edge. Nasdaq’s proposed expansion of weekday trading remains conditional.

Vance is courting disaffected voters as the 2028 succession race approaches, a report says.

Police say a suspect opened fire at a Citibank complex near Tampa, killing a woman. Thousands of employees were on the property. The suspect died after exchanging gunfire with a security guard, and authorities are investigating.

Florida authorities said two people died after an incident Wednesday afternoon at Citibank’s complex in Tampa, Florida.
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